2010 Trip to San Jose

Aubree has been making the trip out to San Jose, Ca for the last 3 years over my Spring Break. Of course, the first time she was still in my tummy, but the last 2 years she has made that long flight out there and back and has been a perfect angel. I couldn't ask for a better flight traveling child. I had all sorts of tricks in her diaper bag, but only brought them out for a total of 45 minutes there and back. While there, Aubree really got to know her cousin Austin a lot better since they are very similar in age. He definitely kept up with her, and learned a few of her bad habits. Aubree ALWAYS takes her socks and shoes off when she gets into her car seat, and now Mr. Austin likes to do the same thing. I couldn't count how many times we said, "Monkey See...Monkey Do" while we were out there. They continuously copied each other. Heaven forbid if I was holding Austin...I HAD to be holding Aubree too. It was interesting watching how jealous she got of him. She also got jealous when DeeDee would be paying attention to Austin instead of her. The first time DeeDee picked up Austin, Aubree went over to her, held her arms up and said, "My DeeDee". Definitely jealousy there. We went to a couple of parks, Happy Hollow Zoo and Park, to visit Stephanie's Mom and Dad for dinner and the Mystery Spot with the kids. Of course, Mommy, Daddy, and Uncle Kyle got to go Zip lining while DeeDee and Steph watched the kids. What a BLAST!!! I ended up with over 600 photos, but I'll spare you the bore...I've only posted a few (ok...30 or so) cute ones from our trip. Enjoy :)

Aubree cheesing on the playground at the park:

Austin and Aubree going down the dual slide, with help from Ben:

Aubree and Daddy enjoying the huge Sandbox:

Austin on the Horse at the park:

Aubree in 1 of 2 times outs she had to have while visiting her cousin. She bit him once and slapped him on the head for the 2nd one. I thought this was too cute, since we have never actually stood her in the corner before. We usually have her sit on her timeout stool. So, for her to just stand there with her nose in the corner...I had to take a photo of it.

Daddy and Aubree watching the animals at the petting zoo:

The inside of Kyle's 32nd Chocolate Chip Cookie 4 layer cake:

Kyle's cake before we dug in to it:

Sorry this one is blurry, but Aubree was dancing on the table while we were waiting to go into the Mystery Spot, and I thought her face was adorable in this shot!

All of us (minus Kyle) in front of the Mystery Spot:

Ben and Aubree on the Mystery Spot shed:

Us awaiting to go into the Mystery Spot:

Kyle, Austin and Me inside the Mystery Spot:

Of course we had to get a shot of all of us together:

The next few pictures are from an attempt at a cousin photo shoot:

Austin being a goofball during their photoshoot:

LOVE this:

Kyle, Ben and I awaiting our Zip Lining Tour:

Kyle, Ben and I after we finished our Zip Lining tour: